London's Shadows: the Dark Side of the Victorian City

In 1888 London was the capital of the most powerful empire the world had ever known, and the largest city in Europe. However, there is a dark side to London's history. London’s shadows uses the ‘Jack the Ripper’ murders to explore prostitution, poverty, immigration, terrorism, the criminal underclass and the problems of policing. With a lively and very readable narrative London shadows tells the story of the late Victorian capital through the sensational pages of the contemporary newspapers

Uncontrolled Keywords:

London history, crime and punishment, social problems, terrorism, Jack the Ripper, Murder